New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Three dead and dozens injured as debris-sparked fires gut apartments in Kyiv, Europe floats a ceasefire sketch while Moscow flaunts a "nuclear-powered" test.

Kyiv - The first alarms sounded before dawn: a low thrum over the northern districts, then the stutter and crack of air defenses, then a wall of heat and glass. By sunrise on Sunday, Day 1,340 of Russia's full-scale invasion, rescuers were ferrying the injured down smoke-blackened stairwells in eastern Kyiv and tarping shattered windows in neighboring courtyards. City officials said three people were killed and more than thirty were wounded when debris from drones set apartments ablaze in the Desnianskyi district, a toll reflected in the morning casualty bullet...